2:00 - Burning your tongue and drooling are the quickest paths to feeling like a total fucking loser. 5:48 - RECOMMENDATION - “Succession” - Spoiler-free. We then get into a discussion of the right and wrong way to end a TV show. I don’t think we spoil any, but we emphasize “The Sopranos”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “Seinfeld”, “Breaking Bad”, “Bette…

0:00 - Does your child show any athletic promise? 9:00 - REVIEW - “Unfrosted” (2024) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by …

0:00 - Intro for context. 1:30 - REVIEW - “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (2024), spoiler-free, though we spoil many of the previous films in the series. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ …

0:00 - Intro for Context 1:25 - REVIEW - “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (2024). It’s a longer discussion about the film, but largely without plot spoilers. I’ll mark the timecode when the bigger spoilers begin. 45:00 - We begin to spoil this film. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is …

0:00 - Potty Training 2:40 - Dua Lipa was solid on “SNL”. She’s a keeper. 5:15 - We’re just circling back to some things we’ve watched recently. 5:30 - We chat about “Man on Fire” and Denzel Washington’s broken finger. 9:30 - I recommended both “Manchurian Candidate” iterations. 13:00 - I also saw “Navalny” 17:00 - Dustin finally saw “Oppenheimer”.…

1:00 - REVIEW - “Late Night with the Devil” (2023) 12:20 - REVIEW - “Night Swim” (2024) 26:45 - RECOMMENDATION - “Talk to Me” (2022) 32:50 - RECOMMENDATION - “The Lodge” (2019) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jco…

0:00 - An update on Conner’s ill-fated caffeine experiment. 9:45 - REVIEW - “The Fall Guy” (2024) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Th…

0:00 - Where are we at with SNL these days? 18:45 - REVIEW - “When You Finish Saving the World” (2022) 40:40 - REVIEW - “Damsel” (2023) 1:05:10 - “Dream Scenario” (2023) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.su…

0:00 - Rollin like a…. 3:11 - REVIEW - no spoilers, “Civil War” (2024) 35:00 - Officially beginning spoilers ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dusti…

In honor of Alex Garland’s new film “Civil War”, which we will be discussing in the next episode, I recently rewatched 2018’s “Annihilation” and still loved it. Here is our original review! ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visi…

0:00 - “How Interesting…” 3:45 - Conner is very tired because of poor health choices. Let’s talk about caffeine. 8:00 - REVIEW - “The Holdovers” (2023) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- …

Ian and I have come together to broadly discuss Sean Penn’s 2007 film, “Into the Wild”, Werner Herzog’s 2005 documentary, “Grizzly Man”, the real life stories behind them, what exactly draws idealistic men into the wilderness, and the small areas of Alaska we would dare to explore. Chris McCandless has been a divisive figure since his death in 1992…

0:00 - A Very “Wasteful” Cold Open. 2:20 - REVIEW - “Orion and the Dark” (2024) 11:22 - REVIEW - “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (2021) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Produ…

0:00 - Dustin is raising his son to love disgusting candy-like treats, he’s a bad father and a bad person. But Southerners love to deep fry stuff, too. Also what the hell is dry ice? Also, we’ll never be sponsored by a mail-order box service after our takedown of that industry. 16:00 - REVIEW - “Wonka” (2023) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enj…

1:20 - REVIEW: “American Fiction” (2023) We discuss this brilliant film, from our general recommendation, who it’s for, and the fine details of what it manages to accomplish. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconn…

1:25 - RECOMMENDATION - “Poor Things” (2023) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin Weldon Produced & Engineered by C…

1:30 - REVIEW: “BlackkKlansman” (2018) 32:40 - REVIEW: “The Creator” (2023) 47:22 - REVIEW: “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (2023) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers: C…

This is an episode where Kellan and I praise the good ole, low expectation action movie. 2:40 - Conner RECOMMENDATION - “The One” (2001) 12:00 - Kellan RECOMMENDATION - “The Beekeeper” (2024) We also spend the back half of this episode grumbling about physical media, responsible film budgets, and mass market appeal. We’re old. But we’re right!---Th…

Kellan and Conner spend an evening discussing the career of filmmaker Mike Flanagan, specifically his more recent limited series work on Netflix. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Execut…

0:00 - Dates (the fruit) are amazing. Clue (the board game) is amazing. 9:05 - REVIEW - “Dune: Part Two” (2024) 39:00 - SPOILER SECTION We also explore the idea that anyone can be in charge of a creative property, sadly, regardless of their passion or lack of passion for the project. Studios should hire fans as independent consultants to simply tak…

0:00 - Halloween candy 2:40 - REVIEW - “Cobweb” (2023) 16:00 - REVIEW - “Doctor Sleep” (2019) 30:47 - REVIEW - “A Haunting in Venice” (2023) 50:15 - REVIEW - “X” (2022) 57:10 - REVIEW - “Pearl” (2022) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my wr…

0:00 - Conner got COVID, remembers witnessing a surgery as a child, and boasts his sore throat tolerance. 8:20 - RECOMMENDATION? - “What If” Season 2 14:00 - RECOMMENDATION? - “Echo” 20:40 - REVIEW - “The Marvels” (2023) 51:10 - Begin Spoilers, along with general comments about the big picture. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PL…

0:00 - Morning Routines and Fighting for Identity-Retaining Free Time. 9:20 - REVIEW - “You Hurt My Feelings” (2023) 20:45 - REVIEW - “Somewhere in Queens” (2022) 36:10 - REVIEW - “The Burial” (2023) 53:08 - REVIEW - “Lucy” (2014) 1:02:25 - REVIEW - “The Killer” (2023) ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your frie…

1:45 - REVIEW - “Leave the World Behind” (2023) - Discussion of the film and general recommendation. 22:10 - SPOILERS for this film. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers…

1:22 - REVIEW - “No Hard Feelings” (2023) - The undeniable appeal of Jennifer Lawrence across genres, the scarcity of decent sex comedies, and the middle-budget film. 17:00 - REVIEW - “Winter’s Bone” (2010) - Making a story world feel lived-in, making characters feel like they have history beyond the film, and what it means to be a Southern Gothic …

0:00 - RECOMMENDATION - “The Crown” (Netflix, series) - Craft, historical accuracy, and the responsibility of the audience. 12:20 - REVIEW - “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (2023) - We discuss the concert movie of the tour, and we end up discussing Swift herself, the public’s perception of her, the significance of her success, and her range as an art…

1:20 - REVIEW - “Oppenheimer” (2023), and a discussion about Christopher Nolan as a filmmaker. 27:30 - REVIEW - “Godzilla Minus One” (2023) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producer…

0:00 - REVIEW - “Red State” (2011) - A rewatch review of this film and my opinions about Kevin Smith. 11:40 - REVIEW -”Silence” (2016) - and then the discussion:16:07 - DISCUSSION - The differing perspectives and depictions of different uses of religion in film and how different they can be. Also the harm that’s done by echo chambers, close-mindedn…

0:00 - Toddlers are frustrating at bedtime. So are dogs. By the way, here’s the thing about “hypoallergenic” pets. 8:45 - DISCUSSION - “Roadrunner” (2021) - The ethics of using AI for posthumous voiceover. 28:00 - “David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived” (2023) - The ethics of making a documentary simply to tell a story, without promoting a secondary prod…

0:00 - Healthy snacking and falling off the fitness wagon, and being considered old and fat by the standards of a child. 6:00 - REVIEW - “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” (series, Netflix) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconn…

0:00 - Tyler’s back! 7:00 - DISCUSSION - “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (1992) (and also “Home Alone”). Memory, truth, hindsight, context, and studio trends. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com…

Here at the end of all things…or maybe just the end of the year…once again I bring you my favorite movies from 20 years ago. Onward to 2004 (and 2024)! Cheers! 0:00 - Kids are noisy and do not follow rules or etiquette. 1:00 - My Best Movies of 2003 List!. Enjoy! --- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Rec…

0:00 - Sick or allergies? 5:20 - REVIEW - “Loki” Season 2 (2023) 18:52 - SPOILERS BEGIN Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dus…

Dustin finally saw “Barbie”, so I wanted to pick his brain about it a little more in-depth, now that we can spoil the plot. 2:00 - Here is my original review. 25:20 - Here are Dustin’s thoughts. ----- Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing,…

0:00 - We never addressed Dave Filoni’s promotion. Also Dustin makes sure I know who is deceased in Star Wars, because that’s what I now require. 1:35 - Kellan’s chocolate pants. 2:20 - We wanted to have a discussion about Star Wars in 2023. Where it is, where it’s going, and what we want from this universe. Spoilers for all Star Wars movies and sh…

0:00 - Chit chat. Tattoos. Lotion. Pokeballs. Hard drive free space. 4:00 - Hello everyone! 6:15 - REVIEW/DISCUSSION - “Now and Then: The Short Film” (2023), the use of machine learning to unearth this song, the commercialization of art, and much more. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That…

0:00 - Intro. This is a Second Opinion, by me, on “Avatar 2”. I disagreed with Kellan and Dustin on a number of points. 2:00 - Kellan and Dustin’s original review of “Avatar: The Way of Water” 29:00 - My thoughts on the film, now having seen it. I think you should see it. -- Executive Producers: Conner Dempsey • Dustin Weldon Theme Music by Dustin …

This is a re-airing of episode #343, originally released on 8/19/2022.

0:00 - Nothing to see here… 1:15 - REVIEW - “The Last Samurai” (2003) and a discussion of the White Savior narrative, and if we think it applies to this film. 19:00 - REVIEW - “Collateral” (2004) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visi…

0:00 - Are you morally obligated to return food that was not supposed to be delivered to you? 14:10 - RETRO REVIEW - “Mean Girls” (2004) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ ----- Executive Producers: …

0:00 - Dustin’s voice be all cattywampus and I have a new Simpsons fan in my house. 2:22 - Check out Dustin’s movie room on Instagram, @insidethemovieroom. 5:11 - REVIEW - “Psycho” (1960), I’ve never seen Psycho before! Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re intere…

0:00 - What’s Up? 2:00 - REVIEW - “Justified: City Primeval” (2023) 10:50 - REVIEW - “No One Will Save You” (2023) 21:24 - SPOILERS, We discuss the third act and the ending. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.subs…

0:00 - Who listens to podcasts alone? 1:30 - REVIEW: “Melancholia” (2011) and the existential things it made me feel. Buckle up, kiddies, Conner’s going VERY DEEP today. Can you handle this film? 24:30 - REVIEW: “Black Mirror” Season 6 on Netflix. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is h…

0:00 - We had to record from a car this week, that’s how much we care. 1:40 - Conner’s Dream Broadcast RV. 6:00 - How to watch kid movies without pulling your hair out. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.…

-We’re going to spoil everything Gilliverse, so SPOILERS for “Breaking Bad”, “El Camino”, and “Better Call Saul”. But PLEASE go watch them all, in that order! Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.substack.com/ -----…

0:00 - Where our kids have and have not pooped. 8:25 - REVIEW - “Belle” (2021) 28:00 - SPOILERS 34:20 - A Letterboxd review leads to hilarious observations about this virtual reality world and the fact that it selects certain people to be horribly average within a fantasy universe. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell yo…

0:00 - Anime noises 8:08 - Amazon Wish List items, and how they’re desired, but never urgent. Also, it seems like when you’re an adult, every single purchase you make is somehow connected to a larger, more bureaucratic chain of events (can’t get books or movies until we have bookshelves, but we can’t get bookshelves before we fix the door or replac…

0:00 - Just a lot of talking about food. Topics discussed: Grunting with satisfaction, Golden Corral, Ryan’s, Jason’s Deli, Meat Boss, Specialty Cookie Shops, and Way Too Much Fat in a Boston Butt. 12:00 - REVIEW - “Blue Beetle” (2023) - Just Kidding! We’re going to talk about the very sexual Buzz Lightyear commercial from “Toy Story” for far too l…

0:00 - Why am I alone? 1:40 - REVIEW - “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” (2017) 13:00 - REVIEW - “Kill Bill: Volume 1” (2003) 29:18 - REVIEW - “Phone Booth” (2003) Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell your friends. Recommend us. That is how we grow. If you’re interested in my writing, visit https://jconnor.subst…

0:00 - HooperCast fatigue? The Content Blitz will stop in September for now. 1:30 - REVIEW - “Jack Ryan” (Full Series)(Amazon Prime), no spoilers. 13:00 - REVIEW - “Secret Invasion”(2023)(Disney+) beginning without spoilers. 20:12 - Final recommendation, and then we begin spoilers. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoy our show, PLEASE please tell yo…